Hanger for elevated tracks.



11. 1;. GALLANDBR. HANGER Pd R ELEVATED TRACKS. nrLroATIoN FILED Armas, 19'09.

Patentedept. 7, 1909 Uff/2652642 v Alfio-fwn.

HUGH B.- CLLANDER, 0F GUELIH, ONTARIO, CANADA.

HANGER. FOR LEVTED TRACKS.

Specification ct Letters Patent.

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Patenten sape. s, ieee.,

'Appiceten med, April 533, 1h63. serial No. eSLSS.

To clinton nl may concer-n:

A Be it known that I, HUGH' B. Carmarthen, residing at Guelph, in 'the con'ntyo Net lington, Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented a new and useful improvement in Hangers for Elevated'Tracks, of which the following is a specification..

My invention relates to that classot1 hangers tor supporting elevated tracks having eyes or loops on their upper ends engaging brackets secured to the rafters or joists, or other overhead timbers of a building, and clamping means on the lower ends,v to elnbrare the edge of a track rail; and it consists of an improvementl whereby the track may be laterally curved or bent or run atA any angle laterally to the supportingtimbers' and brackets, as will appear in this specification and as fully set forth inthe claims.-

ln the accompanyinp,` drawings forming part ot this speciication, Figure l is a side view of a section of track rail and a hanger with its supporting bracket, embodying the tentures oi my invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of the bracket and upper portion of the hanger, the track rail and clamping' members being turned so as to appear in transverse section. Fig'. 3 is a side view of a modified i'orm of the upper portion ot the hanger.

l'eferring tov the drawings, T represents the track rail, and li the bracket adapted `to be secured to the overhead timbers.

(y rel'n'esents the clamping members which are held together by the bolt E. j 'Y H. is ,the hanger proper which Ais fitted with a loop L omits upper end to engage the bracket, and a circular shaped head i on its lower end 'to be inserted between the upper ends of the clampingmembers which are provided with horizontally disposed grooves in the inner faces of their lower ends adapted to tit over and hold the upper edge of the track rail, and with recesses in their upper ends to embrace and hold the head h of the hanger, thereby securely connecting 'the -track with the supporting bracket.

rThe head it is constructed so it will swivel or turn freelyr in the recesses, especially beA .sired iosition thereon to accommodate the line o the track at the point where it is located without straining or twisting the hanger or bracket in the least. Sometimes it is necessary to run. the track parallel with the supporting timber, at other times, at right angles to them and sometimes at varying angles between these points, but with my invention it 'makes no difference in what direction 'the track may run, the hanger can always be readilyl adjusted to suit it.

The hanger His preferably made ot steel wire 'similar to that used for'tracksfor elevated carrier: A head z. is formed on its lower end to tit the recesses in the clamping members C, and a -loop is formed on its upper end by twisting the wire around itseli` ',l

.as shown in Figs.` l and 2, or by connecting the looped end L to the main part of the wire by clamps l held together by' bolts l?, as shownin Fig. 3.

The wire is cut long enough including what it takes for the loop, to accommodate the distance from the track to the bracket, the head l1. and theloopslland L are readily formed thereon and thus made, it constitutes a cheap, handy and effective hanger which is adapted to correspond with any position in which the track may run.

What l claim is 1. In hangers for elevated tracks, clamp' ing means having their lower ends adapted to embrace and hold the upper edge ot' a, track rail-l and their upper ends havingvro ccsses in their inner faces adjoining each other, and a hangermcmber havinga loop on its upper `end adapted to catch over an elevated supporting device, and its lower end adapted to fit in the recesses of the clamping;r members and susceptible of being turned' therein.

3. ln hangers for'elevated tracks, clampiupl means having their lower ends adapted to embrace and hold the upper edge of a track rail and their upper ends having recesses' in their innerfaces adjoining each other, and a hanger member having a loop on its upper end adapted to catch ove' an elevated supporting device,I and its lower -turiied therein.

4.111 a device ofithe character described, a track rail, .clamping members adapted t0 embrace and hold between' their .lower ends,

the upper edge of the track rail, and having recesses in the inner faces ot' their upper ends, a hanger member having a loop on its upper end adapted to catch over an elevated supporting device, and its lower end headed to t in the recesses of the clamping' members and susceptible o1 being turned therein.

i 5. ln a device of the character described, a track rail, clamping members adapted to embrace and hold between their. lower ends, the upper edge of the track rail, and having recesses in the inner faces of their upper ends, a supporting; bracket, a hanger member having a loop iii its upper end catching over the bracket and its lower end headed to fit in the recesses of the clamping members, and susceptible of being turned therein so the track and the bracket will stand in any desired alinement.

6. In a device of the characterdescribed,

a track rail, clainpiiig members adapted to embrace and hold between their lower ends, the upper edge of the track rail, and having recesses in the inner faces of their upper ende, a supportingr bracket, a hanger mem' ber having a-1oop in its u per end catchin over the bracket and its -ower end heade to tit in the recesses or the clainplng meinbers, and susceptible ofbeimgr turned therein so the track and vthe'braeket will stand in any desired alinemeiit and means to hold the clamping members together.

- HUGH B. CALLANDER. Witnesses:

PEARL VVEIK, A.. G. Moore. 

